DVD with subtitles

Plot synopsis

A story of the Siberian province. Girls
passed directly on from orphanage
to neuropsychiatric institutions are
deprived of their rights as citizens: no
freedom, no work, and no family. The
path to reconquer these rights, in the
face of fearsome Russian institutional
bureaucracy, is long and difficult. At
times, someone succeeds, but the
new freedom is then a leap into the
unknown... The path of these young
“fighters”, full of inner rage, courage
and obstinacy, is striking. We are very
impressed by the talent of Alexander
Kuznetsov and his capacity to listen
and observe. The film has a formidable narrative progression — simple and
implacable. The camera is always at the
right distance and, through its capture
of space, gives us the real dimension
of the drama that the protagonists are
experiencing. It also remains very discreet with regard to their emotions, like
in the final scenes, where everything is said in the luminosity of a glance or
the empty space of a closed window. A
striking “liberation user guide”.
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